1990 Montreal municipal election explained

The 1990 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4, 1990, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jean Doré was elected to a second term as mayor by a significant margin.

All mayoral candidates were also permitted to run for seats on council in tandem with "co-listed candidates." In this way, all unsuccessful mayoral candidates could serve on council by assuming the seat of their co-lister (provided, of course, that the co-lister was elected).

Elections were also held in Montreal's suburban communities.

Results (incomplete)

The party colours do not indicate affiliation with or resemblance to any other municipal, provincial, or federal party.

width=10% rowspan=2Electoral Districtwidth=8% rowspan=2Positionwidth=6% rowspan=2Total valid votesCandidateswidth=1% rowspan=2 width=10% rowspan=2Incumbent
width=1%  width=12% Montreal Citizens' Movementwidth=1%  width=12% Civic Party of Montrealwidth=1%  width=12% Montreal Municipal Partywidth=1%  width=12% Democratic Coalitionwidth=1%  width=12% Ecology Montrealwidth=1%  width=12% Other
Mayor218,256 Jean Doré
129,209 (59.20%)
 Nicole Gagnon-Larocque
45,221 (20.72%)
 Alain André
22,732 (10.42%)
 Pierre-Yves Melançon
10,282 (4.71%)
   Michel Bédard (White Elephant Party)
5,025 (2.30%)

Michel Dugré (Ind.)
2,098 (0.96%)

Patricia Métivier (Ind.)
1,858 (0.85%)

Abraham Weizfeld
1,831 (0.84%)
Jean Doré
CartiervilleCity councillor4,920  Kathleen Verdon
1,599 (32.50%)
 Sylvain Campeau
801 (16.28%)
 Pierre Gagnier
2,359 (47.95%)
 Caroline Singleton
161 (3.27%)
   Kathleen Verdon
AcadieCity councillor5,450 Gérard Legault
2,756 (50.57%)
 Jack Chadirdjian
1,829 (33.56%)
 Edmond Bishara
727 (13.34%)
 Shayne Kenny
138 (2.53%)
   Gérard Legault
AhuntsicCity councillor6,449  Ghassan Saba
1,778 (27.57%)
 Achille Polcaro
1,583 (24.55%)
 Diane Côté-Massaro (co-listed with Alain André)
2,479 (38.44%)
   Bernard Bourbonnais
502 (7.78%)
 Christian Coutu (White Elephant Party)
107 (1.66%)
Pierre Bastien
Saint-SulpiceCity councillor Michel Benoit  Françoise Maisonneuve  Alain Trahan  Richard Cordeau    Michel Benoit
FleuryCity councillor Pierre Lachapelle  Michel Drouin  Thomas Turp    Renée Duval  Pierre Lachapelle
Sault-au-RécolletCity councillor Sylvie Lanthier  Angelo Ferrara  Serge Sauvageau    Eva Tasnady  David Bédard (White Elephant Party)Serge Sauvageau
Saint-MichelCity councillor4,451  Giovanni Ialenti
1,448 (32.53%)
 Pasquale Compierchio
1,783 (40.06%)
 Jacques Pelletier
924 (20.76%)
 Sean Berry
54 (1.21%)
   Franco Perrusi (Ind.)
149 (3.35%)

Danielle Paradis (White Elephant Party)
93 (2.09%)
Giovanni Ialenti
Jean-RivardCity councillor3,166 Micheline Daigle
1,557 (49.18%)
 Raymond Rail
950 (30.01%)
 Antoinetta A. Acierno
575 (18.16%)
   Elizabeth Tasnady
84 (2.65%)
 Micheline Daigle
François-PerraultCity councillor4,024 Vittorio Capparelli
1,757 (43.66%)
 Serge Bélanger
1,125 (27.96%)
 Frank Venneri
1,142 (28.38%)
     Frank Venneri
Marie-VictorinCity councillor5,745 Réal Charest
2,877 (50.08%)
 Paul L'Abbee
1,820 (31.68%)
 Diane Phaneuf
762 (13.26%)
   Anna Daugulis
286 (4.98%)
 Réal Charest
Louis-RielCity councillor4,997 Jacques Charbonneau
3,285 (65.74%)
 André Belanger
886 (17.73%)
 Huguette Leboeuf
826 (16.53%)
     Jacques Charbonneau
LaurierCity councillor4,151 Robert Perreault
2,452 (59.07%)
 Paul-Emile Patry[1]
559 (13.47%)
 Normand Vachon[2]
507 (12.21%)
   Robert Silverman
380 (9.15%)
 Yves Gagne (co-listed with Michel Bédard) (White Elephant Party)
169 (4.07%)

Micheline Dandonneau (Ind.)
84 (2.02%)
Robert Perreault
Mile EndCity councillor4,070 John Gardiner
1,986 (48.80%)
 Glenmore T. Browne
476 (11.70%)
 Robert Stec
566 (13.91%)
 Philip Lanthier
385 (9.46%)
 Greg Tutko
657 (16.14%)
 John Gardiner
Peter-McGillCity councillor3,267  Arnold Bennett
1,246 (38.14%)
 William Crone
286 (8.75%)
 Nick Auf der Maur
1,564 (47.87%)
     Jose di Bona (Ind.)
122 (3.73%)

Pierre Corbeil (White Elephant Party)
49 (1.50%)
LoyolaCity councillor4,324 Sharon Leslie
1,360 (31.45%)
 Andrew Barbacki
580 (13.41%)
 George Savoidakis
1,290 (29.83%)
 Jeremy Searle
1,094 (25.30%)
   Sharon Leslie
Saint-HenriCity councillor3,759  Germaine Vaillancourt
564 (15.00%)
 Louise Brison
283 (7.53%)
 Dianne Boyer
115 (3.06%)
   Marlène Lavoie
244 (6.49%)
 Germain Prégent (Ind.)
2,553 (67.92%)
Germain Prégent
MaisonneuveCity councillor4,044 Ginette L'Heureux
2,065 (51.06%)
 Jean-Guy Beland
1,095 (27.08%)
 Marcel Pitre
586 (14.49%)
 Robert Aubin
168 (4.15%)
   Marc Lavigne (White Elephant Party)
130 (3.21%)
Ginette L'Heureux
Longue-PointeCity councillor4,161 Nicole Boudreau
2,738 (65.80%)
 Marius Minier
816 (19.61%)
 Michel Berthiaume
456 (10.96%)
   Shashi Roeder
151 (3.63%)
 Nicole Boudreau
Rivière-des-PrairiesCity councillor5,677 Fiorino Bianco
2,436 (42.91%)
 Nick Colombo
477 (8.40%)
 Pierre Coutu
260 (4.58%)
 Pierre Boucher
147 (2.59%)
   Gilles Berthiaume (Ind.)
2,222 (39.14%)

Christian Berthiaume (Ind.)
135 (2.38%)
Gilles Berthiaume
Saint-JacquesCity councillor Raymond Blain  Francine Auclair  Daniel Perreault  Alain Tremblay    Normand Potvin (WE)
Vincent Torres (Ind)
Raymond Blain

Elections in suburban communities (incomplete)

Dorval

width=10% rowspan=2Electoral Districtwidth=8% rowspan=2Positionwidth=6% rowspan=2Total valid votesCandidateswidth=10% rowspan=2Incumbent
width=12% Winnerwidth=12% Second placewidth=12% Third place
Mayor-Peter Yeomans (acclaimed)Peter Yeomans
East Ward 1Councillor-Edgar Rouleau (acclaimed)Edgar Rouleau
East Ward 2Councillor-Emile LaCoste (acclaimed)Emile LaCoste
East Ward 3Councillor-Jules Daigle (acclaimed)Jules Daigle
West Ward 1Councillor-Robert M. Bourbeau (acclaimed)Robert M. Bourbeau
West Ward 2Councillor-Ian W. Heron (acclaimed)Ian W. Heron
West Ward 3Councillor1,643Heather Allard
771 (46.93%)
Patricia Smith
555 (33.78%)
Daniel Gilbert
317 (19.29%)
Vacant (formerly Frank Richmond)

Sources: "West Island vote brings new faces into municipal politics," Montreal Gazette, November 6, 1990, A5; "Two newcomers victorious in Pointe Claire election," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1990, G2.

Montréal-Nord

width=10% rowspan=2Electoral Districtwidth=8% rowspan=2Positionwidth=6% rowspan=2Total valid votesCandidateswidth=10% rowspan=2Incumbent
width=12% Renouveau municipalwidth=12% Other
Mayor-Yves Ryan
about 88%
Jean-Pierre Menard
about 12%
Yves Ryan
District 1CouncillorAntonin Dupont (elected)Antonin Dupont
District 2CouncillorMichelle Allaire (elected)Michelle Allaire
District 3CouncillorPierre Blain (elected)Pierre Blain
District 4CouncillorGeorgette Morin (elected)Georgette Morin
District 5CouncillorMaurice Belanger (elected)Maurice Belanger
District 6CouncillorRéal Gibeau (elected)Réal Gibeau
District 7CouncillorJean-Paul Lessard (elected)Jean-Paul Lessard
District 8CouncillorNormand Fortin (elected)Normand Fortin
District 9CouncillorArmand Nadeau (elected)Armand Nadeau
District 10CouncillorAndre Coulombe (elected)Andre Coulombe
District 11CouncillorRaymond Paquin (elected)Raymond Paquin
District 12CouncillorRobert Guerriero (elected)Robert Guerriero

Sources: Mike King, "Battling 272 years of experience; Mayor and his team have been in power since 1963," Montreal Gazette, 21 October 1994, A4; Mike King, "Ryan wins again; Ninth straight victory for patriarch of local mayors," Montreal Gazette, November 7, 1994, A5. The former source indicates that Lessard, Morin, Belanger, Gibeau, and Nadeau were incumbents in 1994. The latter source indicates the scale of Ryan's victory in 1990, although it does not indicate the council winners.

All of the Renouveau municipal councillors listed above were members of the Montréal-Nord city council during the 1986–90 term, and all except Armand Nadeau (who did not seek re-election in 1994) served during the 1994–98 term. Given the overwhelming dominance of the Renouveau municipal party in Montréal-Nord and the generally low rates of council turnover in this period, it may be safely assumed that all were re-elected in 1990.

Saint-Leonard (incomplete)

Results in other Montreal-area communities

Longueuil

The governing Parti municipal de Longueuil was returned to office. Party leader Roger Ferland was re-elected to a second term as mayor, and the party won seventeen out of twenty seats on council. The remaining three seats were won by the opposition Parti civique de Longueuil.

Winning candidates are listed in boldface.

width=10% rowspan=2Electoral Districtwidth=8% rowspan=2Positionwidth=6% rowspan=2Total valid votesCandidateswidth=10% rowspan=2Incumbent
width=12% Parti municipalwidth=12% Parti civiquewidth=12% Independent
Mayor39,128Roger Ferland
23,424 (59.87%)
Gisèle Hamelin
15,704 (40.13%)
Roger Ferland
Ward OneCouncillor1,448Pierre Beaudry
751 (51.86%)
Pierre Hurtubise
697 (48.14%)
Pierre Hurtubise
Ward TwoCouncillor2,089André Normandin
1,039 (49.74%)
Cécile Langevin
1,050 (50.26%)
André Normandin
Ward ThreeCouncillor1,951Claude Gladu
1,385 (70.99%)
Diane Smith
566 (29.01%)
Claude Gladu
Ward FourCouncillor2,278Gérald Marcil
1,024 (44.95%)
Sylvie Robidas
1,254 (55.05%)
Gérald Marcil
Ward FiveCouncillor1,710Nicole Béliveau-Zeitter
1,066 (62.34%)
Denis St-Laurent
644 (37.66%)
Nicole Béliveau-Zeitter
Ward SixCouncillor2,180Jacques Morissette
1,710 (78.44%)
Richard Gagnon
470 (21.56%)
Jacques Morissette
Ward SevenCouncillor1,796Roger Lacombe
932 (51.89%)
Charles A. Ashton
864 (48.11%)
Roger Lacombe
Ward EightCouncillor1,780Johane Fontaine-Deshaies
975 (54.78%)
Josée Labelle
805 (45.22%)
Gilles Déry
Ward NineCouncillor2,331Magella Richard
1,139 (48.86%)
Pierre Nantel
1,192 (51.14%)
Magella Richard
Ward TenCouncillor1,627Manon Hénault
889 (54.64%)
Jean Babin
738 (45.36%)
Manon Hénault
Ward ElevenCouncillor1,864Serge Sévigny
1,357 (72.80%)
Josette Jacques
507 (27.20%)
Serge Sévigny
Ward TwelveCouncillor1,762Michel Champagne
1,166 (66.17%)
Maurice Collette
596 (33.83%)
Lise Sauvé-Thiverge
Ward ThirteenCouncillor1,608Jean St-Hilaire
1,079 (67.10%)
Didier Robidas
529 (32.90%)
Jean St-Hilaire
Ward FourteenCouncillor1,754Michel Timperio
1,373 (78.28%)
Jean-Pierre Sylvain
381 (21.72%)
Michel Timperio
Ward FifteenCouncillor1,525Florent Charest
1,136 (74.49%)
Jean-Pierre Trahan
389 (25.51%)
Florent Charest
Ward SixteenCouncillor2,076Georges Touten
940 (45.28%)
Yves Couture
685 (33.00%)
Hélène Dupuis
451 (21.72%)
Georges Touten
Ward SeventeenCouncillor2,084Pierre Racicot
1,404 (67.37%)
Rolande Ste-Marie
680 (32.63%)
André Letourneau
Ward EighteenCouncillor2,140Jacques Milette
1,359 (63.50%)
Yves Paquette
781 (36.50%)
Jacques Milette
Ward NineteenCouncillor2,753Benoît Danault
1,712 (62.19%)
Pierre Lestage
1,041 (37.81%)
Benoît Danault
Ward TwentyCouncillor2,419Léo Paduano
1,533 (63.37%)
Pardo Chiocchio
886 (*36.63%)
new division

Sources: Mike King, "Two mayors unseated on South Shore," Montreal Gazette, November 5, 1990, A5; Mike King, "Ferland outlasts foe in Longueuil race; Municipal Party keeps control with 17 of 20 seats on council," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1990, G1; Le Parti municipal de Longueuil: Roger Ferland, le gestionnaire, Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed February 19, 2014.

References

  1. Patry listed himself as retired. See Peter Kuitenbrouwer, "Sidewalks, housing major issues in Plateau; Most residents interested in election appear happy with Dore's rule," Montreal Gazette, October 26, 1990, A5.
  2. Vachon identified as a boutique owner and former police officer. See Peter Kuitenbrouwer, "Sidewalks, housing major issues in Plateau; Most residents interested in election appear happy with Dore's rule," Montreal Gazette, October 26, 1990, A5.